EP1845608A3 - Inertial drive actuator - Google Patents

Abstract

An inertial drive actuator includes a fixing member (12), a piezoelectric element (10) which is arranged on the fixing member and generates small displacements in a first direction and a second direction opposing the first direction, a vibrating substrate which is reciprocally moved by the small displacements of the piezoelectric element and has a first electrode (18) on a plane of the vibrating substrate and an insulating layer (22) on the first electrode, a mobile object (16) arranged on the plane of the vibrating substrate and having a second electrode (20) on a plane facing the first electrode through the insulating layer, a potential difference generating unit (24) for controlling frictional force between the vibrating substrate and the mobile object such that a potential difference is applied across the first electrode and the second electrode to cause electrostatic adsorptive force to act, and a permanent magnet (26) and an adsorbed member (28) which frictionally couple the mobile object and the vibrating substrate to each other by magnetic adsorptive force.